Chapter 40

FEYRE

Dylan and I don't make it to three steps before his alpha's imposing presence fills the small place, crowding it with all of his negative energy and large body.

The place quieted down almost immediately and seeing that, the effect he has on people, how he commands them with just his presence, without having to use his words. It is both hot and unsettling.

I feel myself shiver like someone who is cold would.

This is the part of the mate bond that I hated, even though we aren't tied completely, the effect is still magnanimous and it steals my breath.

Alpha Zade on the other hand looks comfortable and almost proud, I feel irritation spike through me.

He gets to live his life but my wolf has refused to relent to his rejection. Why the mate bond affects women more than men is one of the most unfair things in life.

But it doesn't matter, I'll fall into a ditch of wolfsbane before I let him know how much effect he truly has on me.

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